Haringey Council officers have approved parking restrictions to enable “an event with an expected attendance of 10,000 persons or more” to take place next Saturday.
Spurs had planned to move back to N17 and the gleaming new stadium on the site of White Hart Lane by September after a season renting Wembley.
Instead, a series of delays put the project on hold, with fears the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium might not be open at all this season.
Before the club can gain a safety certificate allowing the ground to be open they have to stage two test events with increasing capacities.
But the official scheduling of what appears to be the first of them – likely to be the Under-18 match with Southampton which was scheduled to be played tomorrow before being abruptly postponed – is a huge sign that Spurs are on course to open the new ground next month.
If the two test events are successful that would allow Tottenham to play their final five Premier League home games and Champions League quarter-final home leg back on North London soil.
With next weekend's home tie against Crystal Palace postponed due to the Eagles' FA Cup action, Spurs are not scheduled to be at home in the league until April 7, a month today, when they take on Brighton.
An official announcement by the club is expected when the news is confirmed, with Spurs fans set to be celebrating the imminent return to Tottenham.
And the club have already got the beers in to mark the occasion.
Barrels of lager were delivered to the stadium in anticipation that supporters may finally be able to enjoy a pint at the new ground.
Beer in kegs has a far shorter shelf-life than when it is in bottles and cans, usually becoming out of date within eight weeks.
So the sight of piles of barrels stacked up on pallets outside the venue is a sure sign the club are expecting to be serving up pints within that time.
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